Gutierrez expected to ride Friday after spill

ARCADIA, Calif. – Jockey Mario Gutierrez took off his lone mount at Santa Anita on Sunday, a day after he was involved in a one-horse spill in the Grade 2 San Pasqual Stakes.

Gutierrez is booked to ride one race at Santa Anita on Friday, the track’s next day of racing.

Gutierrez was unseated when Dont Fight the Fed sustained a fatal breakdown on the turn. Gutierrez was taken to a local hospital for observation on Saturday before being released, according to his agent, Mike Ciani.

“He’s a little sore,” Ciani said on Sunday morning. “We were very lucky.”

This has been a difficult month for Gutierrez, who is best known for winning two editions of the Kentucky Derby – aboard I’ll Have Another (2012) and Nyquist (2016). Earlier this month, Gutierrez was one of several thousand Los Angeles area residents who lost a home in the devastating wildfires that struck the region.

Through Sunday, Gutierrez, 38, has won four races from 22 mounts at the current winter-spring meeting, which began on Dec. 26.

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